Reasoning Knowledge

This section assesses students' inductive reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and number facility. The test presents a set of numbers, and the student is to select the number that would come next in the series.

Figure out the pattern from the given number series;
From the choices, select the one comes next in the series following the same pattern

Adding a certain number to get the next:
1. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
036912 ⇒
A) 7 B) 21 C) 15 D) 19 E) 17
[Correct Answer]:C
Deducting a certain number to get the next:
2. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
98765 ⇒
A) 4 B) 5 C) 2 D) 7 E) 8
[Correct Answer]:A
Adding the previous two numbers to get the next:
3. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
246101626 ⇒
A) 45 B) 42 C) 38 D) 41 E) 40
[Correct Answer]:B
Every 3 numbers repeat:
4. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
3453453453 ⇒
A) 6 B) 7 C) 3 D) 5 E) 4
[Correct Answer]:E
Every 3 numbers repeat with order changes:
5. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

246624462246 ⇒
A) 6 B) 8 C) 10 D) 2 E) 4
[Correct Answer]:A
Every 4 numbers repeat:
6. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1
6

1
5

1
4

1
3

1
6

1
5

1
4

1
3

1
6

1
5

1
4

1
3

1
6

1
5
⇒
A)
1
3
B)
1
4
C)
1
8
D)
1
6
E)
1
7

[Correct Answer]:B
Every 4 numbers as a group:
7. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
12342234323442⇒
A) 2 B) 1 C) 4 D) 3 E) 5
[Correct Answer]:D
Adding one to both denominator and numerator to get the next fraction:
8. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

4
5

5
6

6
7

7
8

8
9

9
10
⇒
A)
10
11
B)
9
11
C)
10
9
D)
12
11
E)
10
12

[Correct Answer]:A
Each number is square number in sequence:
9. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

14916 ⇒
A) 25 B) 20 C) 40 D) 5 E) 15
[Correct Answer]:A
Appending a digit following certain pattern to get the next number:
10. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
545454445444544 ⇒
A) 444544 B) 44454 C) 445444 D) 45444 E) 4445444
[Correct Answer]:A